I have purchased the following books:ABCs of Buying Rental Property The ABCs of Property Management The ABCs of Real Estate Investing The Advanced Guide to Real Estate InvestingThe Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownWhat order do you recommend reading them in?

All those wannabe wholesalers, please read above.  

Each grouping had a common room (perhaps it was shared by multiple groupings ... this was a detail I missed) with a nurses/aid workers office.Central to the two sides of the complex were common facilities such as a dining hall, gym {perhaps a pool ... another detail I missed}, theatre &  games room.With one of the fastest growing groups in our society being single people, we are examining a related idea of a  complex / building providing a modest-sized 1-bdroom "apartment" with more semi-private and common amenities.When I read the title to your thread, I thought it was a project proposing to mix students and seniors into a single complex ... and came in thinking, this ought to be interesting :-) 

So you want to check that out.I also ask how familiar are you with Spanish, and reading Spanish contracts, and knowing landlord/tenant laws in Spain? 

So far I've read one book on foreclosures, it's called Foreclosure Investing for Dummies, it's quite detailed.

You didn't read what I wrote above because you still want to compare your idea against something that doesn't exist. 

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@Collin Hays I completely agree with your theme of building a local banking relationship, which should help someone build their real estate portfolio, but I have a couple of questions.When I read "conforming" and "non-conforming" loans, I think of the loans being underwritten as consumer mortgages.

Give it a read, and you'll have a fair understanding of the process. 

I did read someone on these forums advising against it too.Any advice/insight about this?